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Markle Foundation: Trump's Infrastructure Plans Should Pair Building with Job Training

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06/13/2017

The infrastructure plans of the Trump administration will have to first overcome a significant problem that already plagues the U.S. economy: a severe lack of skilled workers necessary to turn job-creation goals into reality, writes Zoe Baird of the...

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Simons Supports Penn Physicists Who Discover Why Drying Liquid Crystal Drops Leave Unusual ‘Coffee Rings’

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06/13/2017

In a new paper published in Nature Communications , scientists have uncovered the complex and remarkably different behavior arising in a liquid crystal drop that is drying.

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Sloan Foundation Noted in Article on What Could Help Americans Work More Years

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06/13/2017

Millions of American workers in their 50s and 60s want, or need, to keep working past the traditional retirement age of 65, either part-time or full-time. However, the workplace in the United States has not kept pace with demographics by adapting to...

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Bloomberg, Gates, Others Pledge $1.2 Billion to Eradicate Polio

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06/13/2017

The Global Polio Eradication Initiative has announced public and private pledges totaling $1.2 billion in support of efforts to eradicate polio, including $450 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

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Agnes Gund Sells a Lichtenstein to Start Criminal Justice Fund; Ford Foundation to Manage Fund

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06/12/2017

Agnes Gund is partnering with the Ford Foundation, in the creation of a new fund, titled the Art for Justice Fund, and has sold a very valuable painting to kickoff the fundraising. She has asked other collectors to do the same, in the hopes of...

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Carnegie Supports a Roadmap for Storing Spent Nuclear Fuel

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06/12/2017

Under what conditions can nuclear waste management be both commercially viable and conducted in accordance with strict safety, security, and nonproliferation standards? What are the domestic and international implications of nuclear waste management...

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Edna McConnell Clark’s PropelNext Initiative Shows Promising Results

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06/12/2017

Two years after PropelNext, most Alumni 2015 grantees are strengthening the quality of their programs and, with growing revenues, are also expanding services to reach more youth, according to an inital assessment by the evaluation team.

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NY State Health Releases Policy Recommendations to Address Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems in NY State

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06/12/2017

This NYSHealth-supported white paper, prepared by the New York State Public Health Association, outlines policy recommendations to address the use of Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems, otherwise known as e-cigarettes, vapes, and other similar...

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Aetna Foundation Partners with US News & World Report to Study Healthcare Access in American Communities

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06/09/2017

Aetna Foundation and US News & World Report launch a project to research, analyze and report how communities with inventive policies and partnerships are changing citizens' health.